Others agreed. One person wrote, “If you are bringing children, it’s a trip. No children, then it’s a vacation. Location is a bonus but not a determining factor. ”To be fair, going on a tropical vacation with preschoolers, toddlers, and/or babies isn’t exactly relaxing either. You have to apply sunscreen to hot, sticky, sandy kids, change their swim diapers and/or take them potty and then convince them to put their wet swimsuit back on.
Watch them vigilantly in the water — so they don’t drown — and the sand — so they don’t eat sand or put it in their eyes. There is no sunbathing on a towel with your book or playing around in the water unless you have dedicated kid-watchers. Even then, it can be hard to truly unwind with little ones saying, “Mommy, watch this!” every five seconds.